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Sderot residents: Restraint policy on Qassams promoting war of attrition
By Haaretz Service
The residents of Sderot accused the government on Sunday of employing a restraint policy in the face of the ongoing Qassam rocket attacks on the western Negev, thus allowing a "war of attrition" to develop.
Meanwhile, Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired three Qassam rockets toward Sderot Sunday morning. The rockets landed in open fields and caused no injuries or damage.
The residents of Sderot have endured Qassam and mortar attacks for over six years. The residents told Army Radio Sunday morning that the restraint policy employed by the Israel Defense Forces in response to these attacks encourages terrorist organizations to continue the attacks and essentially create wage a war of attrition.
Avi Farhan, a resident of the town, called on the government to prompt the IDF into action and bring an end to the Qassam attacks, Army Radio reported.